Separable button



G. K. WEBSTER. Separable Button.

No. 225,896. Patented Mar. 23,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE K. WEBSTER, OF ATTLEBOROUH, MASSACHUSETTS.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,896, dated March 23, 1880.

Application filed November 6, 1879 To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE K. \VEBS'IER, of Attlcborough, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Separable Buttons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to separable buttons for collars or sleeves, and is also applicable to shirt-studs.

The object of the invention is to facilitate and cheapen the manufacture of separable buttons.

I have hereinafter fully and particularly described the form and arrangement of the parts which constitute my invention,and have specifically pointed out said invention in the claim.

In the drawings hereto attached, and forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the button Fig. 2, a transverse section longitudinally through the pushers, catches, and spring.

In the form shown by me the posts, mode of holding the posts together, and means for releasing the catches are, generally speaking, like those heretofore known.

In the drawings, it represents the outer disk or face, and b the inner disk or shoe, of the but-- ton.

To the inner disk, b, is soldered the hollow post a, slightly flattened, and slotted on the edges. Another post, d, similar in shape, and also hollow, and adapted to fit snugly into the first, is fixed to the outer disk or face, a. This outer face has a slot, forming the opening into the inner post.

The catches and pushers are, preferably, formed outof a single piece, which is shown at c in Fig. 2. This piece consists of the arms 1 1, which constitute the pushcrs, by which the catches may be unloosened, and of the catches 2 2, formed on the sides of the bow, which projects into the inner hollow post.

The ends of the pushers projectthrough the side of the shell of the outer disk, and such ends may be covered with a facing of gold, or may be ornamented in any way as taste may dictate.

tal faces of the catches hear, when the parts are in place, against the ends of the slots in the outer post, as shown at 4 4, whereby the two parts of the button are securely held togethcr.

The posts may be made separately of sec- 6 tions of flattened tubes slotted at proper lengths on the edges and then soldered to their respective disks. Then the bow of the part c, with the spring 5 in place, is inserted through the slot in the outer disk into the iunor post.

A hole, .90, is made through the inner post at the center, so that a pin may be inserted through the space between the arms of the spring to hold the part c in place. This pin, 7 however, is not essential, as the part c is held by the outer shell of the face of the button, which is put on after the piece or part c is inserted, and either soldered or held by turning over the edge of its flange.

The outer or ornamented surface of the face may be made of gold, or may have a stone, or any of the ordinary ornaments. The button itself may be of gold or other metal.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire 8 to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the part 0, having arms 1 1, and a looped central part provided with catches, the spring 5, adapted to the other )arts as set forth. 0

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE K. WEBSTER.

Witnesses H. 'I. MARSH, J. H. JILLSON. 

